Archives International Auctions Auction 78 July 27, 2022 U.S., Chinese & Worldwide Banknotes, Scripophily, Colonial Banknotes, Colonial Fiscal Documents, Historic Ephemera and Security Printing Ephemera

Archives International Auctions - Sale 78 151 July 27, 2022 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com 775 775 Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad Co. 1907 Specimen Bond. Mississippi. 1907. $100,000 Specimen Series D. 4% Registered Gold Improvement Bond. Green border and undertint. Locomotive on bottom. XF condition. Coupons attached. Red specimen overprint and POC’s. ABNC. Scarce bond. Unlisted denomination in Cox. ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $60-120 Missouri 776 776 Saint Louis & Iron Mountain Railroad Co. 1857 I/C State Bond Missouri, 1857. $1000 I/C 6% Coupon Bond, Black text with thin black border with 33 coupons attached, countryside scenes at left and right borders, Allegorical man reclining an at bottom center. POCs over signatures and seal. VG condition with some toning and staining, split down center, and has been mounted on thick cardstock. Signed by Robert Marcellus Stewart (March 12, 1815 – September 21, 1871) who was the 14th Governor of Missouri from 1857 to 1861, during the critical years just prior to the American Civil War. Stewart was a delegate to the state constitutional convention in 1845, and served as a member of the state senate for ten years. In 1856 Trusten Polk was elected as governor; and then U.S. Senator at the beginning of 1857. Polk opted for the Senate, and Stewart then ran for the governorship. He won the August election and was installed as governor in October 1857. When Stewart left office in January 1861, he urged Missouri to adopt an armed neutrality in the impending Civil War and not to provide men or arms to either side though his own preference was for preserving the Union. Rarely seen in any condition. ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $200-350 Missouri & Kansas 777 777 Kansas City Southern Railway Co., 1900 Specimen Bond MO. KS. (Inc. in MO). $5,000 Registered 3% First Mortgage Fifty Year Gold Bond, Black printing on orange border and under print, Men repairing tracks at top with approaching train, Specimen overprints and POC’s, VF-XF condition, ABNC. Only known as a specimen in Cox, no issued examples available. ������������������������������������������������������������������������ Est. $130-260 Montana 778 778 Helena Electric Railway Co. 1893 I/C Stock Certificate Montana, 1893. 208 and 55/100 Shares I/C Capital Stock Certificate #32, Black text with green border, Allegorical woman with large eagle at top left corner. Cancelled in red ink, VF condition, WBN. ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ Est. $70-120 New Jersey 779 779 Chesapeake and Ohio Grain Elevator Co., 1882 I/C Bond Signed by Collis P. Huntington. New Jersey.... $1000 6% 1st Mortgage Gold Coupon Bond, Black print on black border with tan/orange under tint on large sized certificate, Locomotive pulling into town at top passing farm lands, POC’s along bottom, VF condition, Kendall Bank Note Co. Signed by Collis Potter Huntington (October 22, 1821 - August 13, 1900) as President of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company at left. Huntington was an American industrialist and railway magnate. He was one of the Big Four of western railroading (along with Leland Stanford, Mark Hopkins, and Charles Crocker) who invested in Theodore Judah’s idea to build the Central Pacific Railroad as part of the first U.S. transcontinental railroad. ��������������������������������������������������������� Est. $80-160